Cannot read configuration file ' trying to read configuration data from file '\\?\', line number '0'

Question

An app pool kept stopping every time it was started and gave this error in the application logs:

The worker process for application pool \'APP_POOL_NA

Answer 1

Hey in my case it was the naming of my website.
It was setup as ($webiste$...) with a couple of dots at the end.

After renaming it worked right